Saturday dragged on endlessly. I kept the shop opened till 11 p.m. just to keep me busy. I would have probably kept it open longer, but my customers were getting more and more 'involved' with every passing hour. At the end it seemed like I was the only person present in the room who was not kissing or fondling somebody. Finally I gave up.
Sunday morning was even more intolerable. As I had no idea where I would be going, I could not even anticipate anything. I didn't know if I should be excited or afraid. I also didn't know what I should wear.
Finally it was the time to get dressed and go down. I put on a grey sweater and a dark blue skirt. Rob came five minutes after two. I got onto his car and he drove on without saying a word. Finally I asked,
"Where are we going?"
"Not very far."
That was all that he said. I asked him a couple of times more and then gave up. I would just have to wait and see. The car reached the seaside. Finally Rob parked in front of an apartment building facing the sea. He got down and went into the lobby. I followed him silently. We stepped into the elevator and he pressed the button for the top floor. As we came out onto the foyer there were three doors facing us. Rob knocked the one on the right side.
A man in a grey suit opened the door. We stepped inside.
It was a fabulous apartment. There were big windows facing the sea. It was tastefully furnished. We walked into a spacious living room with a balcony opening onto the sea. A man in his shirtsleeves was sitting on a sofa. He rose as we approached him. Both men shook hands with me and asked me to take a seat. I sat down on a couch facing the sofa.
"May I offer you something to drink, Mrs. Dalehood?" said the man in shirtsleeves.
"Evelyn, Please," said I. Then added, "and a glass of water would be nice."
He put down a glass of water on the coffee table and sat down on the sofa opposite to me.
"Well Mrs. Evelyn, thanks for..." he started.
"Only Evelyn will do," I interrupted. He looked at me curiously and then continued,
"As you wish. Anyway, thank you for coming down. Now if you have no objection, let us get straight to the point and save precious time." He continued without bothering to check if I actually had any objection, "Me and my colleague here are representatives of an organization which hosts adult shows." He paused and looked at me.
I looked back at him. I had not understood what he had wanted to mean. He read my expression correctly and added, "We are talking pornography here."
"Oh! Ok." I said.
"Recently we had been searching for women who would like to participate actively in our sex shows and we found you as a suitable candidate."
"Excuse me?" I blurted out. I was not sure I had heard him correctly.
He repeated the exact same sentence again.
This time I knew I had heard him correctly. My jaw dropped. I was speechless. Nobody spoke. All eyes were on me. Finally I blurted,
"What do you mean by that?"
"We would like you to take part in our show." He explained again.
I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. I looked down at my hands on my lap and said in a tone which I hoped would sound firm, "I am afraid you are mistaken. I am not that type."
"I see," his voice was completely flat, "But we thought you were inclined towards some specific sexual fetishes."
"No, I am not!" My voice had gone one step higher. "I am a completely normal person with completely normal inclinations. Sexual or otherwise."
"So you deny having any kind of sexual fetishes?" His face was totally impassive.
"Absolutely." Now I had found the firmness in my voice. This charade has to be finished here and now.
"But these reports say otherwise." He said casually and picked up a folder from the table.
"Reports? What reports?" My confidence faltered as I looked at the printed sheets in the folder.